Combination shade and lamp holder



Sept. 9 1924. 1,507,759

T. SCOTT ET AL COMBINATION SHADE AND LAMP HOLDER Filed June 18. 1921 To all whom it'may concern:

Patented Sept. 9, 1924.

UNITEDSTATES l v I j 1,507,759-

PATENT: OFFICE."

THOMAS scour Ann FREDERICK K. MAEnz, or oLEvELANnoHIo.

COMBINATION SHADE AND LAMP HOLDER.

Application filed June 18, 1921. Serial no, 478,525.

Be it known that we, THOMAS SCOTT and FREDERICK K. MAERZ, citizens of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of; Ohio, have in' vented a certain new and usefulImpro vement in Combination Shade and Lamp Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The purposeof our invention is to profide a combination lamp and shade holder for side the same; or which, by reason of its I design, may be used alone with the ball type electric lamp bulb and so harmonize with its shape as to produce an artistic and finished effect, without omitting any of the parts or changing the holder in anyway, to the end that a dealer in electrical goods may equip a fixture having our improved holders with either shades or ball lamps, according to the aesthetic tastes of the customer, or the lighting requirements of the place whereinthe fixture is to be used. The advantages of such a holder will be quickly recognized and thoroughly appreciated by those familiar with the hardships heretofore experienced by dealers by their being unable to use either shades or ball lamps with a given fixture, for it has been the practice heretofore to make up fixtures for use with one or the other but not with both.

. WVe speak, of course, of the higher class fixtures. Consequently, in the past, if a fixture of a certain design appealed to a customer and was equipped with shades, the dealer would have to return the fixture to the manufacturer for the purpose of having it altered to adapt it, to the ball lamp, or

shade to the holder, the parts being so pro-,

portioned that when the shade is omitted and a ball lamp is screwed into: the socket,

the skirt is in such close proximity tothe bulb of. the lamp as to'practically close the open end of the skirt-,concealing the parts therein, and affording an attractive and finished appearance. p

To the ends of economy and convenience,

we prefer to include in the holder a shell. NVhlCll encloses the usual lamp socket and from the loweredge of which the aforesaid skirt depends. This permits the use of stock sockets, so to speak, of standard shape and finish; while the holders which conceal the sockets are made to harmonize in color, finish and design with the rest of the fixture.

In the accompanying drawing which constitutes a part hereof, Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of the present preferred embodiment of ourinvention, the holder being shown as equipped with a shade and an ordinary electric lamp; Fig. '2 is a similar View of the same holder equipped with a ball lamp; and Fig. 3 showsa modification of the invention having associated withit a ball lamp, (in full lines) 1 anda shade (in a dotted lines).' Y

jects for connection with a lamp socket 5, situated inside the shell. A skirt 8 extends outwardly and downwardly from the lower end of the shell and joins, at its lower end,

an upwardly flaring flange 9. This flange preferably extends to such aheight as to conceal, when the holder isviewed from the usual angle, the fastening means,10,garranged for holding engagement -with the grooved neck 11 of the shade 12. Aflamp' 13 is supported from the socket 5.

In Fig. 2 we have shown a ball lamp: 15

associated with the holder, and when the plug of the lamp is screwed into the socket 5, the bulb approaches very closely the lower edge of the skirt 8 and conceals-from view' the interior of the skirt and the inner ends of the fastening means 10.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 3, the holder comprises only the skirt 8*, flange 9 and holding means 10*, the upper end of the skirt being directed inwardly at 20 and threadedfor connection with the threads 21 of the socket 4. The present form has all the advantages ofthe former embodiment except that the lamp socket is not concealed,

making it necessary, in this case, to finish the socket to correspond with the finish of the holder and fixture. y

Having thus described our what we claim is:

1. In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a lamp socket, of aone piece shell enclosing and extending below invention,

a said socket, the lower end of said shell being enlarged and turned upwardly to define an ornamental ring, and globe attaching means carried by the enlarged portions of said shell and disposed below said socket, said shell being adapted to be used interchangeably with a lamp shade orwith aball type of lamp, and said enlarged portion of said shell being adapted to be closed by the bulb of a ball type vof lamp when so used.

Y 2. In a device of thecharacter set forth,

the'combination of a lamp socket, of a one piece shell enclosing and extending below saidsocket, the lower end of said shell being enlarged and turned upwardly to define an ornamental ring, globe attaching means carried by the enlarged portion of said shell and concealed by said upturned ring, said means being disposed below the end of said socket, said shell being adapted to be used interchangeably with a lamp shade and the usual type of lamp or with a ball type of lamp alone, and when used with a ball type of lamp said ornamentalring being adapted to be in close proximity to the bulb of said lamp.

In testimony whereof, we hereunto aflix our signatures. THOMAS SCOTT.

FREDERICK'K. MAERZ. 

